Willa Frej is a general assignment reporter at The Huffington Post based in New York. Fluent in French and proficient in Spanish and Arabic, she focuses on international news coverage. She can be reached at willa.frej@huffingtonpost.com and @willafrej. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/willa-frej/rss en Economy Refugee Voices Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:45:13 +0000 Rowaida Abdelaziz, Willa Frej https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/17/ill-take-any-job-syrian-refugees-struggle-to-find-work-in-america https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/17/ill-take-any-job-syrian-refugees-struggle-to-find-work-in-america Even highly skilled refugees can’t just pick up where they left off in their new countries. These are the stories of several Syrian refugees trying to forge a new career and life in the U.S. Civil Society Government & Pro-Government Forces Health Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Willa Frej https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/02/11/hospitals-under-constant-attack-in-syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/02/11/hospitals-under-constant-attack-in-syria Hospitals across the country are becoming increasingly common targets. Air strikes hit 112 Syrian medical facilities in 2015 and have already hit at least 13 so far this year, adding up to what some experts have deemed to be a “systematic destruction” of Syria’s healthcare system.